Education is the single-most influential investment to break out of poverty. Yet millions of children living in remote communities worldwide never have this opportunity. Girls fair the worst, with especially high dropout rates between elementary and secondary school.
When educational structures fail to adapt to the needs of rural communities, swaths of children are drawn out of the school system into the informal economy and an unprecedented number of young people migrate to survive.
Together we’re making it possible for every child to access a life-changing education.
We improve school infrastructure and build new schools when access is lacking. Then we loop in the Ministry of Education to support teacher salaries so communities have plenty of support.
Our flagship community-led, women-driven model ensures kids are reading at grade level, brings those extremely at-risk back to school, and reduces primary school dropout and grade repetition.
We promote children's successful transition from primary to secondary school by providing scholarships and mentoring students through camps, interactive workshops, and home visits.
We met Jocelyn when she was a 5th grader, and now she's studying in beauty school to open her own salon.
Families of Alianza students often rely on informal, unsteady income, making it difficult to cover education costs. Alianza families live on less than $1.90 per person per day. With the financial security afforded by our scholarship program, household income increased by nine percent, allowing families to prioritize education without compromising their survival or safety.
One of our scholarship mentors, she's coaching students in Guatemala who are the first in their families to attend high school.
We put economic and decision-making power in the hands of 30+ Central American women to run our education programs.
Our team of local women run a standardized literacy assessment each year to determine how to tailor learning based on their literacy level and environment. As a result of our child-centric approach, the majority of Alianza students improve their literacy skills over a five month period, putting them on track to complete primary school.
86% of children successfully completed our radio literacy program during school shutdowns in 2021.
Lifeboost Coffee invested in their origin communities to build a new, safe school in Nicaragua for over 200 children.
Tinker Coffee is an exceptional example of a roaster supporting their origin communities - they have helped implement literacy programs and provided scholarships across Nicaragua for five years.
Ally Coffee chose to donate to a select few organizations in lieu of attending the SCA Coffee Expo in 2021. Their contribution will support literacy programs for over 4,000 students.
David Weekley Foundation provided a $25,000 grant to help communities heal, rebuild, and plan for future crises.
In addition to our $50,000 program grant to support literacy and girls programs, VoLo Foundation provided an additional $5,000 general operations grant to provide interim salary support for Central American women.
The McNulty Foundation, in partnership with the Aspen Global Leadership Network, awarded a $5,000 grant to Project Alianza from the Global Response Fund to support a public health and distance learning program created in partnership with Barrilete.
Salesforce UK and Indianapolis mobilized their friends and hosted three campaigns to raise over $8,000 (and counting!) for scholarships to support children at risk of dropping out.
